Eddie Bauer LLC, a sportswear company, manufactures clothing, accessories, and gear for men, women, and kids. The company offers shirts, pants, sweaters, sweatshirts and hoodies, outerwear, base layers, fleece, shorts, jeans, sleepwear, shoes, accessories, and swimwear for men; outerwear, tops, sweaters, sweatshirts and hoodies, fleece, pants and capris, jeans, shorts, dresses and skirts, blazers and jackets, sleepwear, shoes, and accessories; outerwear, including jackets, parkas, vests, performance fleece, pants, and trenches and coats; and shoes, such as boots, hiking and trekking shoes, lace-up shoes, slip-on shoes, sandals, slippers, and water shoes for men and women. It also provides home products, including sheets and pillowcases, duvet covers and shams, blankets and throws, comforters, and pillows; and gear, such as backpacks, duffels and luggage, travel accessories, tents, sleeping bags, hydration products, lighting, and tote bags. The company serves customers through its stores in the United States and Canada. It also sells products online, as well as through seasonal catalogs. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Eddie Bauer LLC operates as a subsidiary of Everest Holdings LLC.

Eddie Bauer LLC Key Developments

Eddie Bauer Reportedly To Explore Options Including Sale

Jun 23 17

Eddie Bauer LLC has hired investment banks to explore strategic alternatives, including a potential sale of the company, people familiar with the matter said on June 23, 2017. Eddie Bauer has hired Guggenheim Partners LLC and Financo LLC to explore its options, the people said. They said the company is not currently pursuing a debt restructuring, although it is seeking relief from a $225 million term loan due in 2020 and $200 million revolving credit line that comes due in 2019.

A Credit Union Sues Eddie Bauer Failed to Take Adequate Steps to Protect against Hack of Credit-Card Information of Customers in 2016

Mar 10 17

A credit union has sued Eddie Bauer, alleging that the company failed to take adequate steps to protect against a hack that swiped the credit-card information of customers in 2016. Veridian Credit Union accused Eddie Bauer of deploying lax security standards, forcing Veridian and other financial institutions to bear costs related to theft of payment-card information from the clothier's point-of-sale systems. The Waterloo, Iowa, credit union filed the suit, which is seeking class-action status, in federal court in Seattle on March 14, 2017. Eddie Bauer in August disclosed that the company had discovered malware on its point-of-sale systems at its stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company said credit- and debit-card payments made between Jan. 2, 2016, and July 17, 2016, may have been accessed. Online sales weren't affected. It appears that hundreds of thousands, or perhaps millions, of customers had their payment card information compromised, the lawsuit said. The deficiencies in Eddie Bauer's security system include "a lack of elementary security measures that even the most inexperienced [information technology] professional could identify as problematic. The company failed to implement chip-based card anti-fraud technology, and exacerbated the problem by failing to notify customers for weeks after learning about the problem.

Eddie Bauer Launches Customizable MicroTherm Jacket

Oct 26 15

Eddie Bauer announced the launch of customizable down jacket, the brand's iconic MicroTherm jacket. The EB Custom MicroTherm features more than 1 million possible design combinations, and is the first of what will be an expanded custom program for 2016. Innovation, quality and an appreciation for the outdoors were the true passions of founder, Eddie Bauer, and remain the foundation of its business. Consumers want customizable products. For more than 90 years, Eddie Bauer has created some of the world's most innovative outerwear. The most iconic the 1936 Skyliner Jacket revolutionized outerwear as the first down jacket patented in America. In 2011, the MicroTherm jacket was crafted by Eddie Bauer's world-class guide team for maximum versatility and performance in high alpine mountaineering. The MicroTherm jacket features a slim, active fit with stretch panels, 800 fill StormDown insulation, and ultra-lightweight DWR ripstop shell fabric. With EB Custom, Eddie Bauer continues its legacy of innovation by enabling consumers to now design their own award-winning MicroTherm jacket in their own unique style. With more than 1 million possible design combinations, the EB Custom interactive online platform will bring the customer's MicroTherm design to life as they work through the 11 distinct areas that can be fully customized by color and pattern including: shoulder, body, inner lining, side stretch panels, zipper, and logos. For even more personalization, customers can add a monogram to the upper right chest and/or sleeve of the jacket as well as monogram an interior label. The jacket is available in both a hooded ($279) and non-hooded ($249) version for both him and her. And like all Eddie Bauer products, EB Custom MicroTherm Jackets are guaranteed for life. Designs can be saved allowing customers to modify and perfect their jacket before purchase. Once an order has been placed, customers will have the option to socialize their design on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and be highlighted in Eddie Bauer's inspirational design gallery. All EB Custom MicroTherm Jackets will now include down that is certified to meet the Responsibility Sourced Down standard. Allied Feather & Down, a long-time partner and supplier of the premium 800-fill StormDown used in the original MicroTherm Jacket, recently launched a Track My Down program where down used in a garment is now traceable on TrackMyDown.com website.

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